Golf bag with built in supporting wheel and automatically retractable legs



y 8, 1952 R. c. FIELDHOUSE 7 GOLF BAG WITH BUILT IN SUPPORTING WHEEL ANDAUTOMATICALLY RETRACTIBLE LEGS 2 SHEETSSHEET 1 Filed Oct. 51, 1949 R/cHARD C. F/ELDHOUSE INVENTOR.

y 8, 1952 R. c. FIELDHOUSE 2,602,676

GOLF BAG WITH BUILT IN SUPPORTING WHEEL AND AUTOMATICALLY RETRACTIBLELEGS Filed 001.. 51, 1949 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 R1 CHARD C. F/ ELDHOLJSE INVEN TOR.

Patentecl July 8, 1 852 ta Bic.

WHEEL AND AUTOMAT- .TRACTABLE LEGS ltichard cl 1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to improvements in golf bags and more especiallyto retractable supporting legs therefor and a built-in wheel to providea rolling support.

It is one of the principal objects of the invention to provide a golfbag with a pair of swingably mounted supporting legs retractableautomatically from an extended bag-supporting position into a retractedposition against. the wall of the bag upon lifting a handle associatedwith the bag when normally gripped and lifted by a user in tipping thebag forward from its standing position.

These and other objects will appear as my invention is more fullyhereinafter described in the following specification, illustrated in theaccompanying drawing and finally pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a golf bag made in accordance with myinvention and shown in a standing position.

Figure 2 is a top plan view taken approximately along the line 2-2 ofFigure 1. v

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing the bag tilted forwardand supported upon a built-in wheel.

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken approximately along theline 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a rear elevation of the bag showing its supporting legs in aretracted position in full lines and in an extended position in dottedlines.

Figure 6 is a reduced sectional detail view taken approximately alongthe line 6-6 of Figure 4.

Referring now more particularly to the drawmgs:

As best illustrated in Figure 4, the bag is made up of an internal framestructure indicated at i. stamped out of a single piece of sheetmaterial and formed with upper and lower bands 2 and 3. The covering 4of the bag proper is secured by rivets, or the like, as at 5 and 6, tothe bands 2-3 and to the frame structure I, respectively.

The bottom portion 1 of the bag is likewise secured by the rivets 5 tothe lower band 3. This bottom portion is divided into two compartments 8and 9 by a housing 10 to the walls of which is secured, as at H, anyapproved type of axle l2 upon which is rotatably mounted a supportingwheel l3. Access openings I4 and closure caps l5 are provided in eachcompartment for access to the axle l2 when desired or necessary.

As best illustrated in Figures 1 and 3 the periphery of the wheel l3extends beyond one cort twa e e- Application October 31, 1949, SerialNo. 124,528

ner of the lower portion of the bag for rolling contact with the groundand for maintaining the bag elevated with respect to the ground whentilted forward. Thus the bag may be moved along the ground in theposition shown in Figure 3 and conveniently held in this tilted positionby means of a handle l6.

Also secured to the frame structure I, by means of rivets or screws 6 isan external plate I! formed with two elongated openings I8. Theseopenings are formed by a punching operation along the lines I9, 20 and2| (see Figure 4) to form plates 22 which are bent inwardly toward eachother as shown in Figures 4 and 6. To each of these plates I pivotallyattach, as at 23, an arm 24 turned outwardly as at 25 for pivotalattachment to one end of a pair of links 26 whose opposite ends areconnected as at 21 to one end of a lever 28 which is pivoted as at 29 toa pair of brackets 30 secured as at 3| to the outside plate IT. Thehandle I6 is secured to outer end of the lever 28. I

The opposite ends of the arms 24 may be formed integral with or weldedor otherwise secured to a pair of legs 32 extending downwardlylengthwise of the bag and movable from the full line to dotted linepositions shown in Figure 5. Each leg is made of two parts 33 and 34slidably engaged with each other and adapted to be locked in adjustedpositions with respect to each other by a collar and set screw 35-36carried by the part 33. The lower end of each leg is provided with aflange 31 to prevent excessive penetration of the legs into the ground.

By gripping the handle, l5, when the bag is in the position shown inFigure 1 and moving it 'forward, the bag, of course, willtilt forwardlyuntil the wheel l3 comes into rolling contact with the ground as shownin Figure 3, at which time the legs 32 will move downwardly and inwardlyby gravity from their extended positions shown in dotted lines in Figure5 to their retracted positions shown in full lines. This movement of thelegs is assisted by the outward swing of the lever 28 as the handle, 16,is gripped to hold the bag in the position shown in Figure 3.

When the bag is restored to the standing position shown in Figure l,upward and forward movement of the handle and lever will through thelinks 26 and arm 24 extend the legs into the position shown in Figure 1wherein the wheel 13 is elevated from the ground and the bag is firmlyresting on one of its bottom corners and the extended legs.

While I have shown a particular form of embodiment of my invention, I amaware that many minor changes therein will readily suggest themselves toothers skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as newand desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

A golf; "bag. comprising an internal] frame structure',-"-arcoveringapplied to said frame; a

wheel housing extending into the lower portion of the bag, a Wheelrotatably mounted in said housing and extending outwardly from! onecor-- ner of the bag to form a. rollingsupport therefor, a pair oiinwardly converging plates secured to the frame, a pair of legspivotally attached at their upper ends to said plates, a lever pivotallyattached to said frame and interconnected by a pair of links with theuppermost ends of said legs, whereby movement of the lever in tiltingthe bag away from its rolling support will cause said legs to swingoutwardly and rearwardly from said g RICHARD C. FIELDHOUSE.

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